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Table 16. Ten Largest U.S. Publicly Owned Nongenerator Electric Utilities Ranked by Employees, 2000
Publicly Owned Electric Utilities State Employees Percent
Memphis City of                  Tennessee 1,506 9.92
Nashville Electric Service       Tennessee 962 6.33
Knoxville Utilities Board        Tennessee 478 3.15
Chattanooga City of              Tennessee 423 2.79
Huntsville City of               Alabama 337 2.22
Fayetteville Public Works Comm   North Carolina 254 1.67
PUD No 1 of Benton County        Washington 158 1.04
Florence City of                 Alabama 158 1.04
Fort Collins City of             Colorado 151 .99
Central Lincoln Peoples Utl Dt   Oregon 150 .99
  Subtotal                         4,577 30.14

Note: Percentage calculations are based on total nongenerator electric utilities.
       Source: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-412, "Annual Report of Public Electric Utilities." Individual electric utilities report fiscal year data.  Appendix B shows the fiscal year for each electric utility.